Press releases
Here you will find our press releases
PRESS RELEASE: The Institute of Employment Rights publish ‘Winning on Working Time: Pressing the Case for a better work-life balance’
Health Benefits, Productivity Gains and Smarter Management: IER publishes report on how unions are winning on working time reductions
PRESS RELEASE: Employment Rights Bill risks undermining key worker protections, warns leading think tank
Ahead of International Workers' Day on 1 May, the IER has warned that the Employment Rights Bill risks falling short of promises.
PRESS RELEASE: Employment Rights Bill leaves fire-and-rehire loopholes wide open, think tank warns
The UK government’s Employment Rights Bill fails “the very workers it claims to protect” says the IER
PRESS RELEASE: Leading economists rebuff business lobby’s anti-growth claims on Employment Rights Bill
A group of leading economists has debunked claims by business leaders that the proposed Employment Rights Bill will stifle UK economic growth
PRESS RELEASE: ‘Pay review bodies – their past and their future’
The Institute of Employment Rights (IER) launches Pay Review Bodies report alongside trade unions.
“Seismic shift” needed in migrant workers’ rights
IER report calls for new regime to respect and protect migrant and local labour
The Strikes (Minimum Services Levels) Act 2023
The IER publishes a new briefing on the Strikes (Minimum Services Levels) Act, as the trade union movement meets to fight the anti-strike laws
Working for Climate Justice: trade unions in the front line against climate change
A ground-breaking conference is taking place, exploring ‘green bargaining’ strategies for trade unions in the context of climate crisis.
93% of workers in manufacturing industries want a shorter working week
A new report by the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) shows workers want a shorter working week with no loss of pay
Labour’s Fair Pay Agreements policy “wise and progressive”
Experts at the independent think tank, the Institute of Employment Rights, welcome today's Labour Party proposal for Fair Pay Agreements.
Bill to abolish insecure work gains cross-party support; passes into Committee stage
The Status of Workers Bill was supported by Crossbench, Conservative, Green and Labour Party peers in the House of Lords today.
Bill to abolish insecure work to be debated in Lords
The Status of Workers Bill has its second reading in the House of Lords today, Friday 10 September 2021.
